American College of Physicians Ethical Guidance for Electronic Patient-Physician Communication: Aligning Expectations

Autor: Wei Wei Lee, Lois Snyder Sulmasy
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: J Gen Intern Med
ISSN: 1525-1497
Popis: Communication is critical to strong patient-physician relationships and high-quality health care. In recent years, advances in health information technology have altered how patients and doctors interact and communicate. Increasingly, e-communication outside of in-person clinical encounters occurs in many ways, including through e-mail, patient-portals, texting, and messaging applications. This American College of Physicians (ACP) position paper provides ethics and professionalism guidance for these forms of e-communication to help maintain trust in patient-physician relationships and the profession and alignment between patient and physician expectations.
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